Being Witnesses; April 27, 2025

Posted on April 28, 2025 by jgarrott

Acts 1:7-8 He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

Verse 8 gets quoted a great deal, particularly in Pentecostal and Charismatic circles, but verse 7 seems very appropriate at this time in particular. Many Christians are feeling that Christ’s return is imminent, and the Internet has had a number of very specific predictions. Any time one of those appears, my wife and I say, “Well, we know it won’t be then!” I too feel we are already somewhere in the timeline expressed in Revelation, but getting caught up in the when distracts us from what we are to be doing now, which is expressed in verse 8. Many people get hyped up over the idea of receiving power, but they seem to overlook the purpose of that power: to be witnesses for Christ. If we aren’t living our lives so that those who see and hear us will be drawn to Christ and know Him as their own Lord, then we have missed the boat. God’s gifts, specifically including the Holy Spirit, aren’t just to bless us, though they do, but to demonstrate Him to the world around us. We need to periodically examine ourselves to see how we are demonstrating the character of Christ to those around us. The New Testament is absolutely filled with passages that tell us to do this. Just recently I’ve quoted Colossians 3:17. “And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.” That is what it means to be a witness. Direct evangelism is good, but it isn’t always the most appropriate thing at a given moment. Living our lives as representatives of Christ is always appropriate!

And of course, I’m preaching to myself here. When I flash with irritation or anger, I’m not being a witness of Christ. When I indulge my flesh, ignoring God, I’m not being a witness of Christ. When I cut people down, asserting my “superiority,” I’m not being a witness of Christ. Since I’m 76 at this point, whenever Christ returns, I’ll stand before Him in less than 25 years in any case, and however long I have, I’m to spend the time being His witness. I can’t do it accurately on my own, but that’s why He’s given me His Spirit, just as He says here. I’m to trust Him in that and rejoice to live out each day as He directs, so that His will may be done on His schedule for His glory.

Father, thank You for this reminder. Help me follow through today, and every day, so that as many as possible may be drawn to repentance and faith, for their salvation and Your glory. Thank You. Hallelujah!

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Individual Accountability; April 26, 2025

Posted on April 27, 2025 by jgarrott

John 21:21-22 When Peter saw him, he asked, “Lord, what about him?”
 Jesus answered, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? You must follow me.”

We are so prone to compare ourselves to other people, saying, or at least thinking, “What about that person?” Jesus here gives the ultimate statement of personal responsibility. Every one of us is charged with following Him, wherever that leads. That will indeed be different for each individual, and that’s the problem. We tend to focus on the differences, instead of on our one Creator and Lord. When Jesus prayed for our unity in His Pastoral Prayer just before His arrest, (John 17) we are listening to voices other than His when we are divisive. Snowflakes are a good illustration. Despite their uncountable numbers, each one is different. Paul expounded on this at length in 1 Corinthians 12, talking about our different gifting, but we often fail to carry that to its logical conclusion, that people who are so different have different tasks and paths to follow. We are to pray for and support each other in various ways, but ultimately, each person has to stand before God on their own. Jesus is the only one who can stand in our place, and that is in the specific area of taking the penalty for our sins. That doesn’t remove our accountability for our obedience to God’s plan for our lives. We’re back to what Jesus said to Peter about John in this passage. Each person is accountable first of all to repent and believe for their salvation, (Mark 1:15) and then to seek God for what He wants them to do with their life, as measured in years, days, and seconds. Rather than comparing ourselves to others, we need to be asking how closely we are being obedient to our Lord.

I’ve struggled with this as much as anyone, I think. I have been so blessed in my life that I have foolishly thought I deserved it, when Jesus said clearly, “From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.” (Luke 12:48) In my case, that gets scary! Likewise, James said, “Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.” (James 3:1) I have no leeway to go looking at other people! I have not been in the spotlight as much as some people, and the devil has tried to stir up jealousy about “recognition.” God knows every detail of my life, and He is the One to whom I am accountable. I am to be grateful for His uncountable grace toward me, and strive to express my love for Him in full obedience, for His glory.

Father, thank You for this reminder. Thank You for Your plans for me, for today and for each day. Help me indeed flow with Your Spirit on Your schedule so that Your will may be done to Your satisfaction, because that is why I am here. Thank You. Praise God!

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Daily Living; April 25, 2025

Posted on April 26, 2025 by jgarrott

John 21:3 “I’m going out to fish,” Simon Peter told them, and they said, “We’ll go with you.” So they went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.

I can imagine the mental/emotional state of the disciples at this point. They had been through the incredible storm of emotions around Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection, but now what? They didn’t know what to do with themselves, and they couldn’t force Jesus to appear to them. Up until about three years previous, most of them had been professional fishermen, so when Peter suggested doing that again, he got a good bit of agreement. What they did certainly wasn’t wrong, but it wasn’t what some people would call a “spiritual” answer to their situation. The thing is, God knows our daily lives, our routines, and He meets us where we are. Some people might insist that they should have had a Bible study of all the passages Jesus had referenced to Cleopas and his friend on the way to Emmaus. That wouldn’t have been bad, but they weren’t ready for it. The thing is, all of our lives are to be submitted to God, not matter how ordinary or “unspiritual” they might seem to us. As Paul said, “Whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.” (Colossians 3:17) That includes fishing, which in this case was the disciples “secular” occupation. An excellent rule of thumb in judging whether you should do something is to think honestly about whether you can do it in the name of Jesus, that is, in line with Him and His character. That includes some perhaps surprising things, such as bodily functions and the like, but God knows how He created us, and Jesus was as human as we are, in addition to being fully divine. As this chapter tells us, God used, indeed planned, Peter’s impulse to teach these disciples some very important things, so we should be expecting God to meet us in our daily lives.

I have encountered God in worship settings, certainly, but I have also encountered Him in totally mundane settings, when I wasn’t expecting it at all. However, even in those settings my heart was open and sensitive to Him. He has taught me things in some decidedly un-religious settings! He wants to use us as His witnesses, (Acts 1:8) and we don’t know who is watching or listening to us when. I am to strive to keep my focus on Him at all times, whatever my body or mind is doing otherwise. I can’t do that consistently on my own, but when that is my desire, He will enable me to follow through.

Father, thank You for this reminder. Thank You for how You spoke to and through me yesterday, and for how You are going to use me today. May I not put limits of any kind on how You would use me, but rather walk in grateful obedience whatever the circumstances, for Your glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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Communicating Christ; April 24, 2025

Posted on April 25, 2025 by jgarrott

John 20:31 But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

This 20th chapter of John has some truly earthshaking verses in it, but this is the one that resonates with me most at the moment. The whole focus of the Bible is actually on this very point. Moses wrote the Pentateuch so that people would know and believe that there is a Creator who loves them and cares how they live. The various historians who wrote several of the books of the Old Testament were trying to leave a record of what God had done, and what mankind had done, so that people would believe that their Creator has a plan for them, but if they rebel against Him they will face the consequences. The books of the prophets are naturally efforts to communicate what God has said to us, not simply as information but so that we would believe and obey. The Psalms are people’s responses to their circumstances and their faith, encouraging others to believe as well. The books that are called “wisdom literature” are again efforts to communicate God’s truth, to steer people clear of the traps of human pride and stupidity. Then we get to the New Testament, and in line with what John says here, it was recorded to show that Jesus is indeed the fulfillment of all that the Old Testament talks about. Faith is a combination of a grasp of the facts and an emotional and practical response to those facts. Either half of that is insufficient in itself. There are Bible scholars who don’t really believe the Bible! Conversely, there are people who are all emotion, but have no grounding in God’s truth. Live-giving faith involves knowing that there is a Creator who loves us, that we have violated His plans for us and so are separated from Him, and that He has provided a path through His Son for us to be forgiven of our rebellion against Him and receive eternal life as His children. Such faith will certainly impact the way that we live, but none of us get it perfectly. Accurate response to God always involves humility, and gratitude that God loves us so much.

As I was sharing yet again just yesterday, I have loved God since I was a small child. However, my response and obedience to Him has certainly not been perfect. When He gave me a glimpse of my own soul when I was 24, it almost shattered me. I wish I could say I really learned my lesson at that point, but I have been stupid countless times since then. That has taught me that indeed, God’s grace is truly amazing! At this point I have deep assurance of my life in Christ, but I have learned not to trust myself. I know that God has given me a good intellect, and I know that He speaks to me and guides me, but I also know that any time I trust my intellect over listening to Him, I get into trouble. I desire that every part of my life share the motivation that John expressed in this verse, and I know that God is able to make it happen, but I certainly can’t do it on my own.

Father, thank You for this reminder. Thank You for the opportunities You give me to share Your truth, Your love and grace, with those around me. May I do so in the anointing and power of Your Spirit, so that people may indeed be brought from death to life, for their salvation and Your glory. Thank You. Hallelujah!

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The Gospel; April 23, 2025

Posted on April 24, 2025 by jgarrott

Luke 24:45-48 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. He told them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things.

I started to write on just verse 45, but then I realized that in Japanese the sentence continues through verse 48. Of course, every bit of it is important! Starting from verse 45, some translations say “He opened their minds,” but the Japanese says, “He opened their hearts.” Intellectual understanding is valuable, but it must not be separated from emotional and spiritual understanding. Such separation happens all too often! The second thing that jumps out at me is that Jesus expresses the Gospel in terms of repentance. Frankly, repentance isn’t a very popular word in a lot of churches! “Come as you are” is a valid invitation, but it must not be with any feeling of “Stay as you are.” There is no salvation without repentance, because “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:23) Any church that fails to teach repentance is no more than a self-help club, and such things are a total illusion. That’s not to say that we’re always to be picking at ourselves, much less at each other, looking for things of which to repent, but it is to say that salvation depends on the fundamental realization that God’s right and I’m wrong. Without that, there is no grasp of the necessity of God’s grace, and salvation is by grace through faith. (Ephesians 2:8-9) The third thing that speaks to me here is that the apostles were witnesses. That is a whole treatise in itself, but suffice it to say that we are all accountable to share what we have experienced of God and His grace toward us. Truth is of vital importance, but it is seldom persuasive unless it is expressed in terms of experience. If God has been merciful toward us – and He has – then we should tell people about it!

It is that last point I feel I need to focus on personally. As a person with Teacher gifting, I tend to feel that just presenting truth should be sufficient, but it very seldom is. You could say that I have been entrusted with the mysteries of God, but if I fail to express them in terms to which my hearers can relate, they remain mysteries and benefit no one. I need to make it very clear that God’s love for me, which many people seem to recognize, has nothing to do with my abilities but everything to do with who He is, and that He loves the person I’m talking to as much as He does me. I’ve got to remember that I’m not a lecturer, I’m a witness! The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the best news there could possibly be, and I need to treat it that way.

Father, thank You for this strong reminder. I pray that by Your Spirit You would open not only my heart and mind, but the hearts and minds of the people I encounter, so that the lies of the devil may be demolished and people be set free to repent and believe, for their salvation and Your glory. Thank You. Hallelujah!

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God’s Love; April 22, 2025

Posted on April 23, 2025 by jgarrott

Luke 24:34 and saying, “It is true! The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon.”

This whole story of the walk to Emmaus has much to love and meditate on. I find it significant the specific people Jesus appeared to after His resurrection. The first was of course Mary Magdalene, as we read yesterday. She was notable for two things: that she had been delivered from seven demons, (Luke 8:2) and that she was totally devoted to Jesus, following Him in His travels. The second seems to have been Simon Peter, as is mentioned here. He, of course, was the leader of the apostles, but during Jesus’ trial he denied three times that he even knew Jesus. And then we have the two disciples in this story, Cleopas, whose name is mentioned nowhere else in the Bible, and another disciple, whose name isn’t even mentioned here! In other words, these were totally ordinary, run-of-the-mill disciples, unknown to any but those closest to them, but certainly known to God. What comes out to me is another beautiful picture of God’s grace. He didn’t appear first to John, with whom He seemed to have a special relationship, but to those who might have been looked down on or discounted, even by themselves. As I have mentioned, I dearly love Don Francisco’s song, He Is Alive, that dramatizes Jesus’ post-resurrection encounter with Peter, but every one of these encounters was deeply significant. Jesus even made a personal appearance to a totally unnamed disciple! The thing is, He cares about us even when no one else does, and even when we don’t care about ourselves. We have only scratched the surface of God’s love for us! We don’t have words to express it, because we are incapable of such love ourselves. It is only when we open our hearts to receive His love that we discover that love flowing through us, even to a small extent, to those around us. Of course, we don’t have the mental, spiritual, or emotional “horsepower” to love all mankind the way He does, but even on our scale it is a glorious thing for His love to flow through us.

I had the enormous blessing of never having doubted my parents’ love for me, and as a result, I understood from a very young age that God indeed loved me too. I don’t think I’ve ever doubted that, even when circumstances were less than pleasant. I have long appreciated the exposition of God’s loving discipline in Hebrews 12, and as a parent myself, I understand loving my children even when I don’t love their actions or words. Recently I have been very aware of the Japanese distorted understanding of love, and that helps me understand God’s perfect love better. Many people are aware that the Japanese word for “cute” is kawai, but few even Japanese think about the fact that is written with characters that literally mean, “capable of being loved.” God loves us even when we aren’t cute! That’s just one of the challenges to presenting the Gospel in this culture! I am never to give up, but seek to be a consistent, undistorted channel for God’s love to flow through me, so that as many as possible may be drawn to repentance and faith, for their salvation and God’s glory.

Father, thank You for this reminder. Thank You for loving me, even though at times I seem completely unlovable. May I respond to Your love in complete obedience, so that You may be pleased with me. Thank You. Praise God!

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Children of God; April 21, 2025

Posted on April 22, 2025 by jgarrott

John 20:17 Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”

I always smile when I read this verse, because I can picture Mary Magdalene with her arms wrapped around Jesus’ legs, unwilling to let Him go. She had been deprived of Him once, and she didn’t want it to happen again! However, Jesus knew that He would be sending His Spirit to be with her forever, just as He had said in the Upper Room Discourse, (John 14:15) and that physical contact, even vision, wasn’t necessary. He also said something rather astounding, speaking of His disciples’ relationship with God on the same terms as His own. Jesus was indeed fully human, as well as fully divine, so we have more things in common with Him than we realize. This is a difficult thing for us to grasp properly. We are not divine, and the Mormon teaching that we become gods after death is simply a repeat of the devil’s lie in the Garden of Eden, “You will be like God.” (Genesis 3:5) However, by faith in the Son of God we are accepted as His children, and we have very little grasp of all that means. A wise parent doesn’t give a toddler everything they ask for, or let them do anything they want. We are certainly no better than toddlers, compared to God, and we need to be at peace with that. However, Father God loves us even more than human parents love their children, and that is something of the utmost importance. There is nothing God won’t do for us that is genuinely for our benefit. After all, He sent Jesus to die for us! The better we grasp that, the more boldly we will pray and the more peace and joy we will have. It is all quite amazing, and defies human logic, but it is absolutely real, and will carry us through anything we could possible experience on this earth.

There are various songs that touch on this, speaking of us as God’s friends, from Jesus’s statement in the Upper Room Discourse, (John 15:15) as well as many that speak of us as God’s children. I have sung such songs all my life, but I’m continuing to grow in my appreciation of the reality behind them. I need to remember that a disobedient child doesn’t cease to be a child by their disobedience, but they might lose the benefits of that position. Jesus was perfectly obedient to the Father, even when His flesh didn’t want to be, as in the Garden of Gethsemane. My obedience is far from perfect, but the better it gets, the deeper my fellowship with “my Father and your Father, my God and your God.” I want to be the sort of child the Father can trust to do exactly what He desires, so that God may be acknowledged as holy as His kingdom is established through His will being done, for His glory alone.

Father, thank You for this encouraging reminder. Thank You for all You did yesterday, from the Sunrise Service on through the day. Thank You for the excellent message through Sister Atsumi, and for the 10 children who came to the Easter Egg Hunt. Thank You that we weren’t overwhelmed with children! I pray that they would indeed come back each Sunday to Children’s Church and receive the pure milk of Your Word, (1 Peter 2:2) for their salvation and Your glory. Thank You. Hallelujah!

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The Resurrection; April 20, 2025

Posted on April 21, 2025 by jgarrott

Luke 24:5-6 In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee.”

The events of that Sunday boggle our minds even now. These women had watched Jesus be crucified and die, His side be pierced by a spear, then His body be taken down, manifestly dead, and then be placed in a tomb. To say they were emotionally fragile at this point would be an extreme understatement. Understandably, when two men appeared to them in shining clothes, they were terrified. Then, what the men said made no sense to them at all. What were they talking about, “the living?” They had watched Jesus die and heard His words of surrender from the cross. The magnitude of the resurrection totally defies human intellect, and human words can’t really express it. However, believing that it happened is a condition for salvation, (Romans 10:9) so we had better believe it! From our perspective, almost 2000 years after the event, we tend to think of it in the abstract, but for these ladies, nothing could have been more immediate or real. We would do well to let the Holy Spirit reveal it to our spirits afresh, because it is the greatest event in all history.

Over 40 years ago I baptized someone and, as always, I asked them if they believed that Jesus was truly God, that He died for their sins, and that He rose again. They naturally answered, “Yes,” but a friend of theirs, watching and hearing this, thought, “How can she say that? That’s absurd.” However, a few months later, I asked that friend to translate a paper on prayer by Joy Dawson, and after doing so, she thought, “I wonder what would happen if I prayed like that?” She tried it, and God answered her! Two days after that dramatic encounter, she suddenly realized that she had no trouble believing that Jesus was God, that He had died for her, and that He rose again! In contrast, I was raised in a thoroughly believing home, and believed the facts of the Gospel for as far back as I can remember. However, I didn’t let those facts govern my life nearly as perfectly as I might have. Interestingly, this year I have been much more aware that this is Passion Week than I usually am. Just yesterday I watched a video about the spiritual warfare involved in recording The Chosen tv series, and the reality of it all came pressing in on me. Today we will be having a “sunrise service,” (a bit after actual sunrise) our regular Sunday worship, and then a special children’s program this afternoon. As strongly as I am feeling the reality of the resurrection, I still want all the “events” to be over! I need to focus fully on my risen Lord, and allow Him to use me however He will in everything that goes on today, drawing others closer to Him for their salvation and His glory.

Father, thank You for everything. Thank You for the glorious reality of the cross and the empty tomb, and for bringing me back to a renewed appreciation of it all. May I be Your agent in every detail of this day, and of every day, for Your pleasure and glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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Jesus’ Sacrifice; April 19, 2025

Posted on April 20, 2025 by jgarrott

Luke 23:46 Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” When he had said this, he breathed his last.

As we read yesterday, John focused on Jesus having made the statement expected of the High Priest after the sacrifice of the Passover lamb, but it seems probably that what Luke recorded happened right after Jesus said that. That He was able to say anything at all in a loud voice at this point is pretty remarkable, because His weight was suspended from the nails driven through His wrists, and most crucified people died from suffocation, with no strength left to draw air into their lungs, much less cry out in a loud voice. This is further evidence that Jesus’ death was volitional. As John noted, Jesus laid down His life, rather than having it taken from Him. (John 10:17) The story of Father Kolbe comes to mind, and there have been others, who for the love of God that was in them chose to die so that others could live. Jesus was of course the ultimate example of that. As He Himself famously said, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6) There is no eternal life apart from Him, so He chose to give His life in order for us to have life. You can split all sorts of theological hairs as to the mechanics of that, and sadly, some people get into arguments over it, but the fact remains that Jesus gave His life for us, and we receive it by faith. That is the absolute core of the Gospel. We are to rejoice in it, and rejoice to share it with all who will receive it.

Every once in a while it hits me, all that Jesus went through for me, but I don’t spend my days thinking about it. It wouldn’t be bad if I did! The important thing is to live in grateful obedience. If I’m not grateful, then I don’t understand the cross or my sin at all. If that gratitude doesn’t draw me to obedience, then it is empty, just nice words. As Jesus said, after the Last Supper and before His arrest, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching.” (John 14:23) If my awareness of Jesus’ sacrifice doesn’t draw me into intense love for Him, then I don’t understand that sacrifice. The fact that I haven’t been perfectly obedient to Him shows that my love for Him still has room to grow. I desire to love Him perfectly, because He certainly loved me perfectly, when He laid down His life for me.

Father, thank You for this reminder. Lord Jesus, thank You for Your sacrifice. Words are insufficient to express that. May my life be a continuing expression of gratitude and love for You, so that Your will may be done in and through me for Your glory. Thank You. Hallelujah!

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Time and Eternity; April 18, 2025

Posted on April 19, 2025 by jgarrott

John 19:30 When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

Just this year I learned, for the first time, that after the Passover lamb was sacrificed in the temple, the High Priest would say these exact words. Jesus was indeed “the Lamb slain from the creation of the world.” (Revelation 13:8) The degree to which every detail of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection was explicitly prophesied is astounding, the more you look into it. In today’s reading we have the matter of Jesus’ clothing, as well as the sour wine that was given to Him. We really can’t wrap our minds around the reality that for God, absolutely everything is present, because He is outside of time. We are in the flow of time, so everything has a past, present, and future, but God is aware of all of it, all at once. We couldn’t handle that! That’s why God is never shocked when we mess up, since nothing ever surprises Him. There are various things about this that we can’t express logically in words. Revelation speaks of sequence and time, so I don’t know how we are going to experience things in heaven, but I have the feeling that for us, it won’t be so different, but it won’t be identical, I don’t think. Even Einstein spoke of “time dilation” and such. The point for us now is that God knows us, He loves us anyway, and He has prepared salvation for us through His Son. Our task in this life is to believe that and respond to it in gratitude and obedience, doing His will for His glory.

I’ve always been something of the weird kid who thinks about stuff like this, so I’m very familiar with the concept. However God reminds me of it from time to time, like now, so that I won’t be anxious about what is for me still the future. For Him, it’s already done! However, I am still very much in the flow of time, and I need to seek His schedule and follow it. Physicists are agreed that time is a function of matter, and since I have a spirit and worship God who is Spirit, I shouldn’t let time matter so much! (Sorry about that!) I am to focus on faithfulness, as a good steward, (1 Corinthians 4:2) so that my Lord will be pleased with me, since I am created by, and exist for, Him.

Father, thank You for this reminder. Thank You for Your incredible faithfulness toward me. I was thinking just this morning about Your provision for all our needs. Your grace is indeed amazing! May I respond each day, each moment, as You desire, so that all of Your plans for me may be fulfilled on Your schedule for Your glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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